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theogony en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /θiˈɑːɡəni/ (General-American)
  • /θiˈɒɡəni/ (UK)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεογονία (theogonía). By surface analysis, theo- + -gony.

Meanings

  1. (in ancient religion) The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods.
    • Near-synonym: apotheosis
    • This Phoenician history includes the cosmogony and theogony of the Phoenicians. In the theogony, Ourianos (Sky) has four children by his wife-sister Gē (Earth): Ēlos (interpreted as Kronos), Baitlos, Dagōn (Sitōn), and Atlas. 1939, J. Philip Hyatt, “The Deity Bethel and the Old Testament”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 59, number 1, page 86:

Forms

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theogonies Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

theogonic · theogonist

Relateds

heroogony · cosmogony

Synonyms

theogenesis · apotheosis

Translations (25)

oc teogonia (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · lv teogonija (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · gl teogonía (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · es teogonía (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · fr théogonie (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · ru теого́ния (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · ka თეოგონია (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · it teogonia (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · bg теого́ния (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · lt teogonija (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · eo teogonio (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · sv teogoni (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · et teogoonia (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · uk теого́нія (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · fi jumalten syntykertomus (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · pt teogonia (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · grc θεογονία (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · de Theogonie (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · fi jumalten synty (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · el θεογονία (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · ro teogonie (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · hy թեոգոնիա (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · nl theogonie (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · pl teogonia (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods) · la theogonia (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods)